The NCTE Executive Committee follows the principles of knowledge-based governance, a decision-making model that encourages careful study of relevant information and full dialogue and deliberation about the consequences of action before policy is established. When contemplating an issue, we ask:

What do we know about how this issue may effect our members and stakeholders?

What do we know about how trends--educational, demographic, economic, or cultural--are changing this issue?

What do we know about NCTE's capacity to act, alone or in alliance with others, on this issue?

What are the ethical dimensions of our choices?

Executive Committee

Members are elected to the NCTE Executive Committee each spring, for terms ranging from two to four years. The job of the executive committee is to:

establish priorities and direction for the Council,

to make policy,

to provide administrative oversight,

and to model leadership practices that are consistent with our mission and values.

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NCTE President Keith Gilyard Talks about NCTE and Common Core Standards

"What [NCTE has] done is to focus on what we are best equipped to do: support teachers in their work environments and make reasonable arguments about education to the stakeholders who are willing to listen to us in good faith. "

As described in the NCTE Constitution and By-laws, the Executive Committee shares public policy making responsibility with the NCTE Board of Directors (BOD), a group consisting of affiliate leaders, journal editors, and conference and commission leaders from NCTE's many constituencies. The NCTE BOD meets at the NCTE Annual Convention.

Annual Reports is a central document of record for NCTE activities for the year and includes written reports submitted by officers, editors, and leaders of NCTE's many active subgroups. To read their reports, click here.